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Arsenal better than Chelsea, same league as Barca: West Ham manager Zola
March 22nd, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 22(ANI): West Ham United manager Gianfranco Zola has said that Arsenal is a better footballing team than Chelsea.
Zola, who played as a striker for Chelsea from 1996 to 2003, ...
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Rafa says Torres as valuable as Rooney
March 20th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar.20 (ANI): Liverpool FC coach Rafa Benitez has said that he would never swap Fernando Torres, not even for star Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
He was speaking ahead of ...
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Henry reckons Messi as the best player around
March 19th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 19(ANI): Barcelona striker Thierry Henry reckons that no other football player in the world can come close to matching fellow team-mate Lionel Messi on current form.
Henry believes that ...
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Arsenal should pray to avoid Man United in Champions League: Luyzhny
March 19th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 19(ANI): Former Arsenal defender Oleg Luyzhny believes that the Gunners should avoid facing Premier League leader Manchester United in the Champions League quarterfinal draw.
"I think Arsenal would do better ...
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Benitez tells Man U to be afraid of Torres
March 19th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 19 (ANI): Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has warned Manchester United to be afraid ahead of their clash on Sunday, as his side has the Torres factor again.
Fernando Torres ...
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IslamOnline staff protests curbs on ‘editorial independence’
March 17th, 2010 - 6:47 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Mar. 17 (ANI): The staff of Cairo-based IslamOnline website have gone on strike following a move by the site's management to restrict "editorial independence." The site was plunged into chaos after ...
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Rooney along with Messi best in the world: Mancini
March 13th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 13 (ANI): Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, who was at Old Trafford on Wednesday to witness Wayne Rooney's demolition of AC Milan, says the England striker is the best ...
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Long way to go to deserve Manchester United icon status: Rooney
March 13th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 13(ANI): Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney reckons that there is a long way to go before he can compared with some of the club's legends.
His comment comes after ...
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Lampard says no qualms about doing a ‘Henry’ for England
March 13th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 13(ANI): England midfielder Frank Lampard has admitted that he would not mind 'cheating' like France striker Thierry Henry did against Ireland if it meant getting his team through to ...
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Rooney’s dream run driven by urge to see Man U beat Liverpool’s unbroken record
March 13th, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 12(ANI): Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has revealed that he wants a place in history and the chance to ease past Liverpool in the record books.
Rooney, who has scored 30 ...
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Enraged Prabhjot shows middle finger to booing crowd
March 12th, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS)Striker Prabhjot Singh lost his cool and showed his middle finger to an irate crowd that booed the players after India lost to Argentina 2-4 to ...
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Rooney changes training regime to avoid burn-out
March 12th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 12 (ANI): Manchester United ace striker Wayne Rooney has curbed his training regime to avoid a burn-out ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
Rooney always plays a five-a-side at ...
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Rooney is one of the world’s best football players: Beckham
March 11th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar.11 (ANI): England and A. C. Milan star David Beckham has hailed Wayne Rooney as the best player in the world after the Manchester United striker upstaged him on his ...
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Arsenal can win Champions League: Bendtner
March 10th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar.10 (ANI): Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner believes Arsenal can win the Champions League after scoring his first ever hattrick last night.
The Mirror quoted Bendtner, whose stunning treble destroyed Porto, as ...
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Ferguson wary of Beckham’s fairytale return against Man U
March 10th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 10 (ANI): Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is fearful of AC Milan's striker David Beckham's performance at Old Trafford, as he knows the capabilities of the ace midfielder ...
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Owen told his England career is not over
March 10th, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 10 (ANI): Manchester United striker Michael Owen has been told that his England career is not over, despite being ruled out of the World Cup with injury.
The Manchester United striker's ...
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Pakistan hockey captain offers to retire
March 9th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, March 9 (IANS) Pakistan's hockey captain Zeeshan Ashraf Tuesday offered to retire from international hockey following his team's poor performance in the World Cup.
Four times champions Pakistan, with just one ...
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Two-year jail term hangs over Blackburn striker El-Hadji Diouf
March 9th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar. 9 (ANI): Blackburn striker El-Hadji Diouf may have to spend two years in jail if he gets convicted for beating a woman in a late-night casino brawl.
He was charged with ...
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I’m the Shah Rukh of Telugu films: Siddharth
March 9th, 2010 - 9:08 am ICT by IANS
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By Radhika Bhirani
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Southern star Siddharth, who plans to turn producer next year, says he is the "Shah Rukh Khan" of the Telugu film industry and that ...
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Now Ashok Kumar finds chinks in India’s armour
March 8th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Mar 8 (IANS) A day after former India captain Pargat Singh questioned the selection of the national hockey team, another Olympian Ashok Kumar concurred with him saying players like Sandeep ...
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‘Morality preacher’ Tevez’s secret trysts with glamour model
March 8th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 8 (ANI): Manchester City ace striker Carlos Tevez, who slammed John Terry for having no moral code, is enjoying secret hotel trysts with a glamour model while the mother ...
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World Cup comes before girlfriend for England striker Crouch
March 7th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar. 7 (ANI): While Peter Crouch is yet to cement his position in Fabio Capello's first choice World Cup squad, the Tottenham Hotspur striker insists that playing for England is more ...
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Adebayor could Manchester City next season
March 7th, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar. 7 (ANI): Emmanuel Adebayor's future is looking bleak at the Manchester City, with whispers suggesting that the Togo striker could leave the club next season.
The African attacker is ...
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Reds to fight off City, Barca bids for Torres
March 7th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar. 7 (ANI): Fernando Torres will be offered the chance to become 'the face of Liverpool' to fend off mega bids from Manchester City and Barcelona, reports News of The ...
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Rooney set to pick up 500,000 pound goal bonus
March 7th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 7(ANI): England striker Wayne Rooney will bag a staggering 500,000 pounds goal bonus if he is top scorer at the World Cup.
Rooney's incentive has been written into the lucrative ...
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Ferguson fears ‘relentless’ Rooney hurtling towards burnout
March 6th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 6(ANI): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has ordered his striker Wayne Rooney to curb his enthusiasm, after blaming him for aggravating an injury.
Ferguson said he was disappointed with ...
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Ferguson blames Wembley ‘ploughed field’ pitch for injuries to Owen, Rooney
March 6th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 6(ANI): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has condemned the condition of the Wembley pitch for ending his striker Michael Owen's season and leaving Wayne Rooney injured.
Owen will have ...
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Crouch says he deserves to be in Capello’s World Cup squad
March 5th, 2010 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar. 5 (ANI): England striker Peter Crouch, who hit two more goals for England against Egypt on Wednesday, insisted that he deserves to be in Fabio Capello's World Cup squad this ...
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Crouch makes Capello think after second-half double against Egypt
March 4th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 4(ANI): England striker Peter Crouch, who scored twice to help England to a 3-1 victory against African champions Egypt at Wembley stadium, reckons his performance will make manager Fabio Capello ...
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Tevez says ‘love cheat’ Terry would have been dead in Argentina
March 4th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 4 (ANI): Manchester City's striker Carlos Tevez launched an astonishing attack on Chelsea skipper John Terry by saying that if someone in his homeland had an affair with a ...
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Germany toy with Canada in Hockey World Cup (Lead)
March 3rd, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
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By Avishek Roy
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Defending champions Germany sounded a warning to their rivals with a 6-0 pounding of Canada in their second pool A match of the Hockey World ...
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Hockey World Cup: Germany beat Canada 6-0
March 3rd, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Defending champions Germany defeated Canada 6-0 in a Pool A clash of the Hockey World Cup at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Wednesday.
For Germany, ...
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Egypt coach reckons Terry and Cole should be thrown out of England squad
March 3rd, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar. 3 (ANI): Egypt coach Hassan Shehata reckons that England players John Terry and Ashley Cole should be thrown out of the world Cup squad in the wake of their alleged ...
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Capello says will never play Rooney as sole striker
March 3rd, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 3 (ANI): Ace striker Wayne Rooney may be carrying Manchester United on his own up front, but England manager Fabio Capello has no intention of him replicating the role with ...
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Germany need to pull up their socks (Preview)
March 2nd, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Defending champions Germany need to tone up their game when they face Canada in their second Pool A match of the Hockey World Cup here Wednesday.
In the ...
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Tevez to compete with Rooney for Premier League’s Golden Boot
March 2nd, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 2 (ANI): Manchester City ace striker Carlos Tevez has set himself the stiff challenge of rivalling Manchester United counterpart Wayne Rooney for the Premier League's Golden Boot prize.
The Manchester ...
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Capello bans players from talking about Terry scandal
March 2nd, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 2 (ANI): England manager Fabio Capello has banned players from talking about the John Terry scandal.
The Italian manager told players it was time to move on and focus ...
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Fit Rooney hails Terry as a ‘great leader’
March 2nd, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar. 2 (ANI): A fit England striker Wayne Rooney has said that he is ready to face Egypt at Wembley on Wednesday night, and has described Chelsea star John Terry ...
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Final decision on Shivendra Singh to be taken today
March 2nd, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Mar 2 (ANI): A final decision would be taken today on Indian striker Shivendra Singh, who has been suspended for three-matches of the Hockey World Cup for deliberately hitting a ...
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India to take on Australia in Hockey World Cup
March 2nd, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Mar 2 (ANI): After registering an emphatic 4-1 win against Pakistan in their first face off at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here on Sunday, the Indian hockey team will ...
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